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The narcissism of now; Mainers say enough

9:03 AM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |

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By Robert Whitcomb

The tendency of too many media to hype too many events based entirely on the fact that they're happening right now (like a TV station leading its news broadcast with a car crash) leads to something I'd call the......

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Will skinny dip for food

6:37 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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By Robert Whitcomb

Bernard Beckwith and Christian Simpson were fined $200 each after being found guilty of indecent exposure for jumping naked into Maine's Moosehead Lake last summer after the Black Frog Restaurant in Greenville offered a free prime-rib sandwich to skinny-dipping......

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McCain's bad timing

11:00 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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Republicans file out after McCain's concession speech. Picture by Nancy Spears. What was most surprising to me about the Obama victory was how well McCain did. If the Arizona senator had not had the bad luck of the financial......

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No "A'' list?

9:37 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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Some polling places are still working on real-time details. At Temple Beth-El on Providence's East Side there was a very long line this morning as hundreds showed up at 7 to vote. The line was especially long because while there......

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The joy of giving, sleazy snowboards

4:12 PM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |

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John McCain and Barack Obama have many policy differences, albeit in that broad area known as the American center. But they have at least one thing in common: Despite the big economic and other challenges facing America, neither one......

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